crude prices

Oil rises almost 3% on Friday - but falling demand pushes crude prices to their biggest monthly drop in October.

Crude prices didn't move much on Friday after the House of Representatives passed a bailout plan to shore up the nation's financial system, which could help restore demand for oil.

Crude prices spiked more than $4 Friday, before pulling back, as traders responded to signs of renewed tension between Iran and Israel over the Islamic republic's nuclear weapons program.

Gas prices in Texas have fallen for the second week in a row, reflecting the recent fall in wholesale crude prices.

Crude oil prices slip, responding to a strengthening dollar and signs of weaker demand for crude.

Oil prices fell below $124 a barrel Tuesday after OPEC's president said crude prices were abnormally high and that high prices did not result from lack of supply.

Crude prices rose more than $2 a barrel Tuesday after an energy advisory group reduced its estimate on the amount of oil that will reach the market in the coming years.

An influential oil-policy group released a report Tuesday arguing that the increase in oil-market speculation is not driving up crude prices.

But the study far from ends the debate.

U.S. futures edged higher Friday after stocks ended the previous session at their lowest level in nearly two years, but record crude prices limited gains.